Flabby Luka scores 73 with a W. In shape Booker (62) mimicks his wildcat team mate Kat

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I don’t think it’s just players scoring. Whether you think it’s true the perception is defense has dropped/players don’t try in todays era.

There is going to be those who look at these high scores as fraudulent.
The NBA has made the rules so its a offense driven league. It's harder to play defense.
 

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Allan Houston wasn’t a playmaker

He didn't have to be. Suns need Booker to be a playmaker cause they have no PG. shyt, back then, were SGs really playmakers? if your SG had 4 apg, he was considered a great passer. you rarely had players dominating the ball for 15-16 seconds of the shot clock like now.
 

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Kobe scored 81 in 2006 when there was no social media or 24/7 news cycle

You cannot compare that time period to today

I promise you someone could score 92 points tomorrow it will not take anything away from how great Kobe was or his legacy, he will be fine.
I'm no protector of Kobe Bryant's legacy lol. And I don't buy that it's the news cycle or social media that causes these performances to be here today gone tomorrow. It's that when everyone is doing it, and players that people KNOW aren't up there with the greatest scorers of all time because of the pourous defenses, it just isn't looked at as special anymore. It's more "cool" now on to the next. I just dont' know why anyone would want that as opposed to it being looked at as some all time shyt. DMitch and Lillard's long in the rearview mirror. No one even cares about Book tonight. KAT was ridiculed in his 62 pointer. lol
 

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I'm no protector of Kobe Bryant's legacy lol. And I don't buy that it's the news cycle or social media that causes these performances to be here today gone tomorrow. It's that when everyone is doing it, and players that people KNOW aren't up there with the greatest scorers of all time because of the pourous defenses, it just isn't looked at as special anymore. It's more "cool" now on to the next. I just dont' know why anyone would want that as opposed to it being looked at as some all time shyt. DMitch and Lillard's long in the rearview mirror.

My bad I confused you with the stans lol

But I’m just saying we live in a short attention span era. A lot of things don’t stick with people like they used to. Once it’s no longer a trending topic on socials people move on.
 

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My bad I confused you with the stans lol

But I’m just saying we live in a short attention span era. A lot of things don’t stick with people like they used to. Once it’s no longer a trending topic on socials people move on.
I guarantee you if 60 point games were more rare, they would be talked about and remembered longer, attention span era or no.
 

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My bad I confused you with the stans lol

But I’m just saying we live in a short attention span era. A lot of things don’t stick with people like they used to. Once it’s no longer a trending topic on socials people move on.
Russ averaging a trip double was insane when it happened because it hadn’t been done in like 30-40 years, then he did it again 3 times and people were like :unimpressed: if it keeps happening in a short period of time it’s going to lose its luster
 

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Russ averaging a trip double was insane when it happened because it hadn’t been done in like 30-40 years, then he did it again 3 times and people were like :unimpressed: if it keeps happening in a short period of time it’s going to lose its luster

I’m standing firm that in this day and age people are not going to be talking about a single game performance more than the day or two it’s trending and then move on, regardless of how rare it is. We can agree to disagree
 
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